Advisers set up action group on LinkedIn to tackle industry problems

The group was set up by Leeds-based Victoria Hicks, a former adviser who sold her practice in 2018, Phil McGovern, Birmingham-based director of MPA Wealth Management, and Phil Dibbs, founder of compliance firm DW Regulatory Consultants. At the time of writing, the group has 147 members. The founders are hoping to see a surge in membership in the coming weeks so they can begin to tackle what they see as the industry's biggest problems. Hicks (pictured) told PA the aim of the group was to unify advisers from across the country, who, despite being physically apart from one another, share...